Mail the author a new belt and the advice that next time he runs into a Bush administration spokesman, he need not drop his pants and bend over quite so quickly.
Posted by the_grinch at December 9, 2003 11:56 PMletters@newsday.com
Posted by Speak your mind at December 10, 2003 02:55 AMNice idea, Mr. Grinch, but he is a she. That's Ms. Nedra Pickler.
I guess drinking bottled water doesn't bother her.
Posted by hesprynne at December 10, 2003 07:42 AMI'm surprised at Kathleen Hall Jamison's comment.
Posted by Upper West at December 10, 2003 08:23 AMA name like "Nedra Pickler" has got to be an alias.
Posted by Mal Hoenig at December 10, 2003 08:59 AMIt sounds like the author is not familiar with how jobless rates are calculated. They are not connected to unemployment benefits running out. Its usually measured as "first time jobless claims" or a survey of households. In either case benefits runnning out is not part of the picture.
Although the number of people with unemployment benefits running out is an interesting and compelling issue in itself, it need not be subordinated to a conspiracy theory.
Posted by Maya at December 10, 2003 09:30 AMNedra is the reporter who took Dean to task for not being able to spell spondylolysis "even though he is a medical doctor."
Posted by Daniel Hatch at December 11, 2003 07:24 AM